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When a House Becomes a Home

Summer is the season for baseball, picnics, and backyard barbecues. It’s also peak season for home sales. In fact, June is the NAHB’s National Home Ownership Month, and for that reason, the Iowa Finance Authority [READ MORE]

Environmental Impact Awards

Organizations showing exemplary work in environmentally sustainable practices were honored on May 21 at the 2014 Environmental Impact Awards luncheon ceremony. The Center on Sustainable Communities, Des Moines Water Works, Greater Des Moines Partnership, Metro [READ MORE]

Millennials are Changing the Marketplace

Better Homes and Gardens, which reaches nearly 37 million consumers each month, recently released findings from its sixth-annual exclusive survey on the attitude and spending trends of home buyers. This year’s research focused on Millennials’ [READ MORE]

The Big Picture

Photos and videos are playing an increasingly larger role in how buyers shop for homes and how real estate agents and home builders market their products. Back in the day, real estate agents often drove [READ MORE]

The Value of Remodeling

May is designated as Remodeling Month by the National Association of Home Builders, so it seems only appropriate to take a look at remodeling trends across the country—and how that plays out right here in [READ MORE]